chaoskube

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# chaoskube\n[![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/linki/chaoskube.svg)](https://github.com/linki/chaoskube/releases)\n[![go-doc](https://godoc.org/github.com/linki/chaoskube/chaoskube?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/linki/chaoskube/chaoskube)\n\n`chaoskube` periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster.\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"chaoskube.png\" width=\"40%\" align=\"center\" alt=\"chaoskube\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Why\n\nTest how your system behaves under arbitrary pod failures.\n\n## Example\n\nRunning it will kill a pod in any namespace every 10 minutes by default.\n\n```console\n$ chaoskube\nINFO[0000] starting up              dryRun=true interval=10m0s version=v0.21.0\nINFO[0000] connecting to cluster    master=\"https://kube.you.me\" serverVersion=v1.10.5+coreos.0\nINFO[0000] setting pod filter       annotations= labels= minimumAge=0s namespaces=\nINFO[0000] setting quiet times      daysOfYear=\"[]\" timesOfDay=\"[]\" weekdays=\"[]\"\nINFO[0000] setting timezone         location=UTC name=UTC offset=0\nINFO[0001] terminating pod          name=kube-dns-v20-6ikos namespace=kube-system\nINFO[0601] terminating pod          name=nginx-701339712-u4fr3 namespace=chaoskube\nINFO[1201] terminating pod          name=kube-proxy-gke-earthcoin-pool-3-5ee87f80-n72s namespace=kube-system\nINFO[1802] terminating pod          name=nginx-701339712-bfh2y namespace=chaoskube\nINFO[2402] terminating pod          name=heapster-v1.2.0-1107848163-bhtcw namespace=kube-system\nINFO[3003] terminating pod          name=l7-default-backend-v1.0-o2hc9 namespace=kube-system\nINFO[3603] terminating pod          name=heapster-v1.2.0-1107848163-jlfcd namespace=kube-system\nINFO[4203] terminating pod          name=nginx-701339712-bfh2y namespace=chaoskube\nINFO[4804] terminating pod          name=nginx-701339712-51nt8 namespace=chaoskube\n...\n```\n\n`chaoskube` allows filtering of target pods [by namespaces, labels, annotations and age](#filtering-targets) as well as [exclude certain weekdays, times of day and",
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